Meaning of the nameDejanira

Female
Greek origin
De-ja-ni-ra

Dejanira is a feminine name of Greek origin, that of the wife of Heracles in mythology, which Wiktionary translates literally as 'hostile to the husband'.

Meaning

“hostile to the husband”

Source: Wiktionary: Deianira · Behind the Name: Deianira

People (2022): 12,316
Rank in Brazil: #1,479
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 19,011; people

Dejanira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dejanira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,105 people).

12,266 women 50 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dejanira is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dejanira in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.013%
Espírito Santo 0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.012%
Rondônia 0.011%
Paraná 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,985	0.005%
Bahia	1,827	0.013%
Minas Gerais	1,347	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,321	0.012%
Paraná	1,248	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	766	0.005%
Santa Catarina	515	0.007%
Espírito Santo	484	0.013%
Goiás	423	0.006%
Pernambuco	356	0.004%
Mato Grosso	317	0.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul	246	0.009%
Pará	238	0.003%
Maranhão	198	0.003%
Rondônia	176	0.011%
Distrito Federal	137	0.005%
Piauí	120	0.004%
Tocantins	111	0.007%
Ceará	105	0.001%
Sergipe	85	0.004%
Amazonas	78	0.002%
Paraíba	55	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	55	0.002%
Alagoas	48	0.002%
Acre	40	0.005%
Roraima	22	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dejanira

Dejanira comes, through the Latin Deianira, from the Greek Δῃάνειρα, the name of the wife of Heracles (Hercules) in Greek mythology. Wiktionary translates the Greek name literally as 'hostile to the husband', and Behind the Name links it to the Greek verb δηιόω, 'to kill', and to ἀνήρ, 'man'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also gives it as Greek, the name of the mythical warrior wife of Hercules. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,316 people named Dejanira, with a median age of 65. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Deianira · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Deianira · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dejanira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Dejanira

What does the name Dejanira mean?

Dejanira means “hostile to the husband”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Dejanira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,316 people with the first name Dejanira, which ranks it number 1,479 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Dejanira a boy's or a girl's name?

Dejanira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,266 women and 50 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dejanira?

Dejanira is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dejanira most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.013% of the state's population is named Dejanira (1,827 people), according to the 2022 Census.

More names of Greek origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Dejanira with a source. See the methodology.